Separating and feeding means



J.PEYSER SEPARATING AND FEEDING MEANS May 22, 1928.

Filed Dec. 51, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l W VfQZQ/TOR ATTORNEY May 22. 1928.1,670,377

J. PEYSER SEPARATING AND FEEDING MEANS Filed 0%.31, 192a 2 Sheets-Sheet2 INVENTOR 85 ATTORNEY Patented May 22, 1 928.

N T D-ST E was se m Q1? ew: me w Y RK Y B PAM GA -Application fllcdnet-ember: a1, 1926. semi in, rsasss;

lThis. invention. relates 1 generally. to sep arat-ing. and feedingmeans: for containers or the like; and; has more particularly referenceto. a devicein which containers, such as tin cans, maybesepa1'ated,u-spaced-andaccelerated during .theirwtravehlthe maiII'lOlQ-jectaand' featiii'ei of the invention being the provision of simplemeans whereby the separation, spacing and acceleration may be performedin a positive manner.

In the accompanying drawings, the invention is disclosed in a concreteand now pre ferred form by way of illustration and in said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a device embodying the invention with partsbroken away and in section for clearness of illustration;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

When certain manipulations such as heading, are to be performed oncontainers, it is necessary to advance them in spaced relation and at acertain speed to the machine a for acting upon themya'nd, as containersor bodies come in a crowded condition from other machines, it isnecessary to separate and space them and to accelerate them u to thespeed of the machine that is su sequently to act upon them.

1 indicates asupport, in this case a rotatable dial to which the bodiesare fed promiscuously, although in an upright position, at the pointdenoted by arrow 2, and from which they are fed in properly spacedrelation and at an accelerated speed, at the point denoted by arrow 3,from whence they passto the desired machine. 4 indicates a separatingand feeding member of which there may be a'number associated with saiddisc. bers are carried by said disc and work in slots 5 of the disc. 6is a curved guideway formed by walls 7 and 8 and this curved guideway iseccentric, that is, the bodies A in passing through it are movedoutwardly away from the center of rotation of the dial and therefore thespeed of the bodies is accelerated. In contradistinction to devicesheretofore employed, members 4 do not move merely up and down in. theslots but move bodily across the curved guidewa-y. By

. these means, separation is absolutely assured, which is not the casewhen members as 4 In the present instance, these memoutwardly or areprojected outwardly substantiallyradially O f'i he orbitof said membersand. th refor non-r i lly w th r p ttethe rent r. of th urv of t e. gudew y t e pr sen ns an e, ea he be s p i Di l-1y. .siipp rte a ente a ad t r is a stationary cam 10 beneath the dial common to all members 4.Also, each member 4 is provided with a taper separating surface 11 and,at an angle thereto, with apropelling surface 12. In operation cam 10acts to turn each member 4 .on its pivot, by reason of cam roll 13carried by said member, thereby bringing the taper surface outwardlybetween the bodies so as to separate them. Member 4 moves bodily acrossthe guideway and finally comes toa position 1 below the slot in thedial. Propelling surface 12, however, remains above the slot andcontinues to act on the container. Due

extends only over a portion of dial 1 and the shape of cam 10 is suchthat during that portion of their travel, when said members are outsidethe guideway, they are returned through the slots to their originalposition ready for the next operation.

. I claim:

1. Separating and feeding means for bodies comprising: a rotatable dialto receive bodies, having a plurality of substantially radial slots, aneccentric guideway above the dial, a plurality of separating and feedingmembers carried by said dial, and actuating means to move said membersthrough said slots and bodily across the guideway between the bodies.

2. Separating and feeding means for bodies comprising: a rotatable dialto receive bodies, having a plurality of substantially radial slots, aneccentric guideway extending over a portion of said dial, a plurality ofseparating and feeding members carried by saiddial, and actuating meansto move said members through said slots and bodily across the guidewaybetween the bodies and back again to their original posi tion throughsaid slots when said members are traveling outside the guideway.

23. Separating and feeding means for bodies comprising a rotatabledialto receive bodies, having a plurality of substantially radial slots, aplurality of separating and feeding members carried by said dial,

' to the combined action of members 4 and the I and actuating means tomove said members through said slots and bodily across the dial betweensaid bodies.

4. Separating and feeding means for bodies comprising: a rotatable dialto receive bodies, having a plurality of substantially radial slots, aplurality of separating,

and feeding members carried by said dial, and actuatmg means to movesaid members through said slots and bodily across the dial between saidbodies during one portion of the rotation of the dial and back again totheir original position through said slots during another portion of therotation of the dial.

5. In separating and feeding means for bodies, a rotatable dial torecelve bodies, having a substantiallyradial slot, a pivotally supportedseparatingand feeding member carried by said dial, said member having a.taper separating surface and, angularly disposed thereto, a propellingsurface, actuatmg means for turning said member on its pivot to causefirst said taper surface and then said propelling surfac to move throughsaid slot and bodily acrosslthe dial. Signed at New York, in the countyof New York and State of New York, this 27th day of December, 1926. i

JOSEPH PEYSER. 1

